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CONFERENCE: 9-11 October 2026 Covid Legacies: Long-Term Social and Cultural Effects hosted by ANAMED, the Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilization (Istanbul, Turkey)
Abstract Deadline is 30 June
covidlegacies.com/
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TOMORROW!
Queer in a Wee Place – LGBTQ Lives and the 2026 Scottish Election - organised by the By
Gender + Sexuality Data Lab, supported by GENDER.ED.
21 April, 3pm, EFI
Register: edin.ac/4dLeroj
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Adolescent health is at a tipping point ⚖️
Without targeted action by 2030, at least half of the world’s adolescents will live in countries where they are at risk of poor health in areas such as mental health & overweight.
Find out more 👉 hubs.li/Q03mcbF20
ALT A sketched illustration of teenagers around the world; two teenagers play football with a globe as the ball, two others hold a sign saying “There Is No Planet B”, and one boy waters a plant. Together, these vignettes depict a holistic vision of adolescent health and wellbeing. Credit: Nafisa Ferdous.
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5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
ALT NEW YORK TIMES (2020): U.S. DEATHS NEAR 100,000, AN INCALCULABLE LOSS
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Decoloniality in the Break of Global Blackness Movement, Method, Poethics
Edited By @DukeAAAS's @Crichlow & Patricia M. Northover
routledge.com/Decoloniality-…
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Thank you for letting me know - hope this one works! thepolyphony.org/2025/04/14/…
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Sirisha Naidu brings ecological concerns into discussions of social reproduction in today's blog: "The ecology of capitalism represents crises for the working classes imposed by and within capitalism." Read the blog post here bit.ly/43Ny9L2
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Thank you so much @the_polyphony for publishing my wee aphasia poem!
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CFP: Aesthetics of the Clinic, 11 June 2025, University of Cambridge
Abstracts due 1 April!
bsls.ac.uk/2025/03/cfp-aesth…
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Investigating water's queer cinematic potential, Dr Geoffrey Maguire's wonderful new book "Bodies of Water" proposes that we think not only about water but also through it, illuminating new directions for the study of queer world cinema and its evolving aesthetic strategies.
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We are very much looking forward to this guest lecture by @franger_monika ! Thank you so much for coming all the way to Fribourg to talk about this important topic. #LongCovid #MedicalHumanities
Honoured to be able to talk about Living with #LongCovid. Thank you @unifr/ Prof. King for the invitation! #MedicalHumanities, #ChronicIllness
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Scholars in medical humanities (understood broadly): Please consider submitting an article for this special issue of the Monash Bioethics Review: Medical Humanities in the 21st Century: their meaning, value, and place in academic and societal discussion link.springer.com/collection…
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Jointly organized by Uehiro Oxford Institute @ethicsinthenews , TORCH Medical Humanities @OxMedHum, and Stanford Boundaries of Humanity project
We are pleased to invite you to Biotechnologies, AI, and Human Identity conference tinyurl.com/uw6a336y on Thurs 17 Oct. It brings together scholars from across disciplines to assess the right uses of AI and biotechnologies. @OxMedHum @UniofOxford #humanities @bioe_stanford
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We're #hiring - passionate about health and gender? Have a background in qualitative social sciences research? Want to inform policy based on lived experience? Then this PhD, part of the EU Horizon-funded EUmetriosis project, might be for you!
More info:buff.ly/4eQVmyb
ALT We are recruiting! PhD Candidate Endometriosis Self-Management Strategies (EUrometriosis project) For those interested in endometriosis, menstrual health, women’s health, health policy and/or related areas Fluency in English an additional European language required 4 year position Closing Date: 25 October 2024
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I was honoured to be involved with this @TheLancet Commission as part of the lived experience group led by @DrAmyChandler - we were able to raise important points about ongoing punitive treatment & the value of peer support & engaging with diverse voices: thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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"This is not the first time in recent history an HIV prevention wonder drug has been tested in young African women but remains unavailable for most of them." This is what global health inequity looks like. statnews.com/2024/09/18/lena…
